I have a male redtail who sometimes perches on my (NYC) office window ledge, a few floors above a grassy quad full of juicy squirrels and pigeons. As a hunter myself, I am in awe of him.posted by fourcheesemac at 10:17 AM on April 27, 2011

Thanks for posting XQUZYPHYR. I needed a new raptor cam since my favorite eagles just had some really bad luck.posted by archivist at 11:06 AM on April 27, 2011

I just love this time of year, what with all the nest cams. Yay!posted by rtha at 11:17 AM on April 27, 2011

My neighbourhood block has a resident family of red shouldered hawks, mostly thanks to our massive gopher population, and they're one of my favorite things about living in Southern California. One landed in our back yard avocado tree a few weeks back, but that's the closest I've managed to get to one, despite them being fairly unafraid of people. It's great to be able to see something usually so out of reach, so close. Great link, great use of a webcam.posted by saturnine at 11:19 AM on April 27, 2011 [1 favorite]

You can look at this year's brood of peregrine falcons in San Francisco, up on the PG&E building, here. There are three of them and they're sitting up and stuff. They look remarkably reptilian at this age, despite the downy fluff.posted by rtha at 11:21 AM on April 27, 2011

Look now! Look now! (They are both there, she's off the eggs, I see nothing hatched.)posted by The Bellman at 11:23 AM on April 27, 2011

you know John Sexton is going to use this to leverage his GLOBAL LAW SCHOOL nonsense or some such shitposted by angrycat at 11:54 AM on April 27, 2011

Now I know what I'm doing with my day off. This is great.posted by free hugs at 11:57 AM on April 27, 2011

These guys set up home on an office building here in Cambridge last year, and they came back about a month ago. Last spring when they had chicks the road traffic was a mess - all the cars were rubbernecking, wondering why there was a huge group of people with telephoto lenses camped on the building's lawn.posted by backseatpilot at 12:00 PM on April 27, 2011

I loves me some hawk-cams. Last I looked she appeared to be napping.posted by Seekerofsplendor at 12:07 PM on April 27, 2011

Here's a link to a couple of webcams in peregrine falcons' nests in The Netherlands. Check out the chicks in Zwolle! Mom appears to be out hunting at this moment - no sign of dad, so the chicks are unprotected...posted by CKZ at 1:40 AM on April 28, 2011

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